Who am I? I am a woman; a well-educated African American woman. I graduated from Temple University with a BBA in Legal Studies and a minor in Entrepreneurship. Who am I? I am a first-generation college student and the first in my family with a desire to attend law school. I am a woman who has overcome many challenges in life and I am the same woman who has chosen to not let hardships define who I am. After encountering various personal and academic experiences, I was guided towards a new and profound answer to the question: "Who am I?" I am now a woman with the goal of pursuing a career in the legal field and want to start my own firm. I was not born like this woman; I was transformed into the woman I am today. My desire to study law wasn't rooted in childhood fantasies, pretending to be a successful lawyer in a courtroom, as seen in "Law and Order." I never imagined myself standing in a courtroom as the defender of my life or as a prosecutor with the power to deprive a person of their future. My aspiration for law stemmed from academic and personal experiences I had while attending Temple University. The challenges I overcame during my time at Temple University helped me in my undergraduate career and led me to the exciting world of law. After earning my degree in Legal Studies, I knew law school was where I wanted to go and becoming a lawyer was what I wanted to be. I remember the event as if it happened yesterday. I received a phone call from my mother as I was leaving the LSAT prep course at the University of Pennsylvania. "Your father had an accident and is now in Einstein Hospital." I couldn't explain the pain I felt, the worry that overwhelmed me and the discomfort I expressed. In a hurry, I... middle of paper... as adversity but above all as pieces of a compass that gave direction and order to my life. I am a woman who took a life event, allowed it to guide me through my college career, and is currently leading me toward law school. Note: I want to demonstrate that I am a woman who can face life's adversities and not allow them to stop me from pursuing life but instead allow them to guide me towards a better future. Attending law school will allow me to gain the necessary knowledge and wisdom I need to help those like my father. Being able to take what I learned at Temple University and apply it to real-world experiences appealed to me and will help me as I begin law school. I believe I have what it takes, mentally, physically and emotionally, to survive law school and this is proven by what I have already overcome in my twenty-two years of life.